“You are a constellation And I’ve owned a telescope since the day I was born”— Rudy Francisco, rudyfrancisco.tumblr.com
“When I feel myself falling out of love with you, I turn the record of your laughter over, reposition the needle. I dust the dirty living room of your affection.”— Sierra Demulder, sierrademulder.tumblr.com
“She's familiar. My only familiar thing in a world of inconsistency and confusion.”— Colleen Hoover, amazon.com
“I cannot believe her when she says I am beautiful. She cannot want me, not the way I want her. My want is an Empire State Building I monster-climb with her clutched in my fist. They make old, flickering horror movies about the way I look at her mouth.”— Clementine Von Radics, amazon.com
“I want to fall to sleep with you, and I could care less whether it is in layers upon layers of clothing or only our skin– all I really want is to wake up not knowing where I end and you begin.”— Beau Taplin, afadthatlastsforever.tumblr.com
“And most of all, I want to do nothing with you. I want to spend a Sunday at home, me in my corner, you in yours, reading or working or writing, silently in our spaces. I want to be so together that we don’t have to say anything at all, that we can just watch it rain and drink our tea and occasionall…”— Chelsea Fagan, thoughtcatalog.com
“It was rather beautiful: the way he put her insecurities to sleep. The way he dove into her eyes and starved all the fears and tasted all the dreams she kept coiled beneath her bones.”— Christopher Poindexter, goodreads.com
“I have never found anybody who could stand to accept the daily demonstrative love I feel in me, and give back as good as I give.”— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com
“Because there's nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it's sent away.”— Sarah Kay, ted.com
“make love like you have no secrets like you’ve never been left never been hurt like the world don’t owe you a single wretched thing.”— Warsan Shire, redamancylit.wordpress.com
“I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that.”— Brian Andreas, amazon.com
“There are two kinds of love…in the safe kind you look for someone who’s exactly like you. It’s what most folks settle for. But then there’s the other kind of love. Everyone’s born with a ragged edge, and some folks crave that piece that’s a perfect fit. You’ll search for it forever, if you have to.…”— Jodi Picoult, amazon.com
“I'm afraid I won't meet anyone else I can connect with. I'm scared it'll be just you.”— Sade Andria Zabala, sadeandriazabala.com
“Some nights, I wake up knowing he is anxious. He is across the world in another woman's arms and the years have spread us like dandelion seeds, sanding down the edges of our jigsaw parts that used to only fit each other.”— Sarah Kay, amazon.com
“Kiss me until I forget how terrified I am of everything wrong with my life.”— Beau Taplin, afadthatlastsforever.tumblr.com
“No, I do not want to be loved unconditionally. I want to be shown when I am treating you less than you deserve. I want you to leave if I ever start making you promises I do not see through. Love me for my flaws, yes, but don’t you dare ever allow them to hurt you.”— Beau Taplin, afadthatlastsforever.tumblr.com
“I kissed her neck and shoulders. I felt faint with loving her so much.”— Ernest Hemingway, amazon.com